By: Jasmine Rolfe /Photos by: Jonathan Wellings94 Jan/Feb 2018 oxygenmag.com.au
Monday: Morning: 60 mins steady
run plus core work to keep strong,
flexible and stable when I run
Afternoon: 30 mins steady run,
plus drills to help with technique
and 4x100m fast strides
Tuesday: Morning: 30 minutes
easy run (7km)
Afternoon: Track session – this is
typically a hard workout, consisting of
1km repetitions with a short recovery
Wednesday: Morning: 60 mins easy,
recovery run
Afternoon: 30 mins easy run
Thursday: Morning: Threshold run
to help build aerobic capacity (ability
to use oxygenated blood for a long
period of time)
Afternoon: 30 mins easy run plus
gym (heavy lifting)
Friday: Rest day
Saturday: Same as Monday or a
hills session for strength
Sunday: Morning: 25km long run to
improve aerobic capacity (usually 1
hour 45 minutes)
Afternoon: Rest (time with family
and to get ready for the week ahead!)"Rest days are just as important as
the hard training days. It’s pretty
unheard of in elite distance running
to take a complete day off — with
no cross-training even; just a full rest
day — but it’s what I do and I feel like
it works for me. It allows my body to
absorb the training I’ve done over
the previous six days and my mind to
reset for the next six days ahead."Eloise’s weekly
training routine